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Hi,

I am a Dutch resident currently living in Paris. I will need to travel from Paris to Amsterdam on the 21st of April and return to Paris on the 22nd of April. I will then repeat the same trip on the 5th to 6th of May, and later again on the 12th to 13th of May.

I have been considering purchasing the Interrail Global Pass (10 days within 2 months). However, I am quite confused by the rules regarding traveling within the country of your residence. The website mentions something about inbound and outbound trips.

Could someone clarify if I will be able to use the Interrail pass for my intended trips?

Thank you in advance.

You can only travel on a maximum of two travel days in your country of residence, so you will not be able to travel according to your plan.

As @AnnaB says, you can only travel in France on two days.

I don’t think a rail pass will work for your itinerary, unless you have lots of travel planned outside France. You would be better to just buy tickets on the Eurostar.

Since direct Eurostar tickets are almost all sold out (at least on your first weekend trip) it might be worth mentioning alternatives :

- Eurostar Paris - Brussels + ICD Brussels - Amsterdam (the latter train is cheaper and has unlimited availability)

- TGV to Lille-Flandres and then IC Lille - Kortrijk - Antwerp - Amsterdam

- TER Paris - Maubeuge, R to Charleroi, IC to Antwerp and Amsterdam

The latter 2 options will take longer but be cheaper, the first one is quite convenient imho.

Note that with Interrail (regardless of the inbound/outbound rule) there is a passholder quota on Eurostar services (+ 32€ seat reservation) and it's very likely sold out on your dates. Eurostar has a large monopoly on this route and they can do whatever they want...

Overall it won't be cheap I'm afraid : popular route, very popular time.

Feel free to ask anything.

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